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tick over
verb
- Alsoidle (of an engine) to run at low speed with the throttle control closed and the transmission disengaged
- to run smoothly without any major changes
keep the firm ticking over until I get back
noun
- the speed of an engine when it is ticking over
- ( as modifier )
tick-over speed
Example Sentences
With Pollock, Chandler Cunningham-South and Tom Willis on the bench, a complete recharge of the back row maybe possible to keep the needle high and the scoreboard ticking over in the second half.
Itoje's decision to keep the scoreboard ticking over, rather than kicking to the corner was, just about, proven right as England rode their narrow cushion home.
London Assembly Member Alex Wilson asks how many in the audience spent Boxing Day watching the party's membership counter tick over.
He can go as a six, he can go as an eight, he just keeps the ball ticking over really well.
Olly Stone is ticking over before the senior tour of New Zealand, while Josh Hull and Josh Tongue, both Test bowlers, are outside continuing their return from injuries.
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